'codec' - type of compression/decompression software for storage and transmission of audio-visual data - the manipulation of information, time, sound and space

'codex' - a pre-printing-era manuscript, a digest or collection of items or laws - the compilation, formatting, and reproduction of texts or narratives Codec/x features specially commissioned and recent work by 30 artists and
musicians, based in north west UK. It has been curated independently by artists Dave Griffiths and Nick Jordan, and aims to promote collaboration and experimentation in sound and visual art.

The curators have selected work that is diverse, with challenging and often humorous themes embedded to materials and processes - including animation, performance, text, noise, found objects, tape, and abstraction. The DVD
unpacks a playful list of new proposals and encourages discourse about technology, materials, and conventions in contemporary practice. The artists explore tensions between perfection & instability; the minutiae of spaces
and moments; the inscription and abandonment of laws; creation of light and time; complexity of language and meaning, and the architecture in
'intelligent' machines.

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	Heatwork for Sparklers and Spycams directed by Lee Patterson and Dave Griffiths United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:50 Heatwork centres on discovery of sound in objects, structures and spaces, where it's presence is an invitation to engage with the source. In this collaboration both sources and sounds are raw materials in a p... more info
	Ugly Little Ornaments directed by Paul Cordwell United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:10 DVD is a giddy parade of sensation with the illusion of viewer control, where the order of images is secondary to their meaningless digestion. This restless smorgasbord pollutes and supersedes the surrounding... more info
	Shadow Songs directed by Suki Chan United Kingdom, Experimental, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:00 This animation interprets Pliny's myth of the origin of drawing, where a young girl traces her lover's shadow to capture his presence - he later disappears and is never seen again. The sound is a modern acco... more info
	Heap, The directed by The Cartwright Brothers United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:00 The work is a digital fantasy: pixel creatures wander the forest and gravitate inexorably towards the rhythmic splendour that is the heap of primal matter. The creatures are drawn to and transfixed by this el... more info
	Crossroads directed by Scott Byrne United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:07:30 Crossroads are sites of impromptu magical performance - secret spaces where indescribable events and changes occur. Here it was possible to sell your soul to the devil in return for mastery of a skill. This ... more info
	Road Movie, A directed by Nick Jordan United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 A filmic construct mirroring the outcome of hand-cranked projection and the flicker of celluloid as it interleaves through the gate. A real-time loop built with the aid of bicycle, DV camera, and two identifi... more info
	Dictaphone directed by Joe Devlin United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:00 Found dictaphone tape on street corner subject to removal of speech, highlights the materials used to make recording. ... more info
	Another Road Movie directed by Nick Jordan United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:10 Intersection of French landscape as seen from a speeding car at noon with digital arabesques generated by tape replay pressed on fast forward. ... more info
	X-Time directed by Kristin Scheving United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:25 Images and sound recorded in Reykjavik 10 minutes before and after New Years Eve, overlayed with audio captured from internet pornography. A narrative of expectation, sexual energy and celebration is wryly ev... more info
	Symbolic Exchange & Death directed by Blake Quentin and Coryn Smethurst United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:20 Insect eyes and menu-icons, in mutual regard, form a multi-layered system. The film interprets the restless repetition and redundancy of menu and insect behaviour as typical of absurd technological society. ... more info
	Object/Sound/Movement directed by Carl Turton United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:20 These three excerpts are from a collection of eight formal observations of objects. Choice of object arises from experimentation with potential sounds that can be created through physical interaction with eac... more info
	Flying From the Ground directed by Jenna Collins and Jane Brake United Kingdom, Experimental, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:30 The aeroplane, once-potent symbol of progressive modernity, has become a problematic and contradictory motif. Concorde crashed. Warplanes are flown virtually. Return to Malaga, £35. On 9/11 planes took lead r... more info
	Fait Accompli directed by Ben Schmark United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:00 An investigative journey through the pipes of a failed, automated drug manufacture process. The endoscope records vapours, contours, embolisms, and various liquids or foreign matter resulting from cross-conta... more info
	Rogue State directed by Dave Griffiths United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:20 A set of vetoed resolutions was inscribed onto tape using a magnetic quill. In the digital apparatus, these fragile, analogue impulses produce lawless sonic and visual explosions - making a fluid spectacle o... more info
	Piano: A Sound Object directed by Mark Pilkington United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:40 12,000 pieces of wood, steel and felt - seemingly unsympathetic materials for a piano. The piece explores its construction and deconstruction by assembling recorded sounds taken from these components. These w... more info
	Girlz, The directed by Jenny Hallstrom United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:55 The sound is of two women who passed the artist in the street every weekday at approximately the same time for more than a month The artist and a friend, Nikki Cooper, quietly construct intriguing stories ab... more info
	Print Machine, The directed by Tamzin Forster United Kingdom, Experimental, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:40 A slow pan and zoom around the mechanics of a printing press. Highlighting the duplication and ryhthmic procedures in the construction of text, the piece subtly illuminates ambiguity in language through it's ... more info

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